Friday 19 July 2019

Boko Haram Insurgents Kill NGO Staff In Borno, Three Others Missing

Suspected Boko Haram militants reportedly killed a staff of the Action Against Hunger, while three aide workers are still missing as a result of the attack on their convoy.

Gunmen Kill Two Soldiers, Kidnap Expatriate At Project Site in Akwa Ibom

Daredevil gunmen killed two soldiers and abducted an expatriate at a road construction site in Ukanafun council area of Akwa Ibom State.

Thursday 18 July 2019

How Trafficked Nigerians Fall Victims Of Organ Harvest In Europe

With the targeted airstrike at a migrants’ camp in Libya, it is clear the migrant crises is taking a new dimension. A good number of the victims are Nigerians but before that, Nigerian migrants trying to reach Europe have for long been falling victims to organ harvesting as our correspondent reports.

Armed Pirates Kidnap 10 Turkish Sailors Off Nigeria Coast

A group of 10 Turkish sailors has been kidnapped by pirates off the coast of Nigeria, reportedly for ransom.

Sunday 14 July 2019

El-Zakzaky: United States Issues Strong Warning To Americans In Nigeria

El-Zakzaky 
The United States has advised its citizens in Nigeria to avoid large crowds and demonstration by the members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), also known as Shiites.

Wednesday 10 July 2019

Security Risk Analysis: Kidnapping Hotbeds in South West Nigeria


Introduction: The first tranche of this series titled ‘’Security Risk Analysis: Kidnapping Hotbeds in Nigeria (1)’’, summed up data on reported kidnapping incidents and hotspots across Nigeria. Granted there are one-off incidents, but research indicates that many kidnapping incidents reoccur within some geographical swathes, along major highways in Nigeria. The kidnapping almost always entails an ambush usually at bad portions of the road and usually take place early in the morning or evenings.

Sunday 7 July 2019

Nigeria And Cameroon Pledge to Combat Terrorism, Secession

The Nigerian government has promised to assist Cameroon in combating the separatist crisis rocking the central African country's English speaking region.

Friday 5 July 2019

NAFDAC Intercepts 21 Containers of Damaged Frozen Fish in Lagos

The National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has intercepted 21 containers of spoilt frozen fish at Tincan Island Port in Lagos.

Gunmen Kill Police Escort, Kidnap Two Chinese Expatriates in Benin, Nigeria

Gunmen reportedly killed a police escort attached to some Chinese expatriates working with a glass and aluminium company in Benin, Edo State. Two Chinese were also kidnapped by the gunmen.

Tuesday 2 July 2019

Couner-Insurgency: How Nigeria’s Intelligence Agencies Wiretap Citizens, Deploy Phone-Interceptors

Counter-insurgency- credit: wikipedia
Bent on curbing the persistent leakages of information on the movements of troops to insurgents and other criminal elements, the Nigerian Intelligence services have in a counter-insurgency measures reportedly resorted to wiretapping people, especially those suspected to be informants.

How An Ex-Janjaweed Commander Now Calls The Shot In Sudan


General Mohammed ''Hemedti'' Hamdan Dagalo
In Classic Rock Music there is a line that says “Meet the New Boss, Same as the New Boss” in a song by the legendary British Rock Group The Who. When it comes to the TNC (Transitional National Council) in Sudan, the above mentioned line is very apropos.

Monday 1 July 2019

United Nations Wades Into Farmers-Herdsmen Clashes in Nigeria

As part of efforts to mitigate the herdsmen-farmers crisis in some parts of Nigeria, the United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security (UNTFHS) has visited the country and met with key stakeholders to discuss the protracted conflict affecting numerous communities, particularly in Benue and Nasarawa states.

Saturday 29 June 2019

Maritime Security: 5 Indian Sailors Kidnapped in Bonny Nigeria Freed

Five Indian sailors who were abducted from a ship in Nigerian waters, near Bonny, have been rescued after over two months in captivity, India’s Minister of State for Shipping Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday.

Friday 28 June 2019

Postmortem Appraisal Of 2019 Election Security; Case For Demilitarizing Nigeria Civic Spaces, Diaspora And E-Voting


Preamble:  Similar to a nation gearing up for war, the Nigerian space, political entropy is usually supercharged during elections and the 2019 general election is no exception. There is hysteria in the air as if the country is going to implode. Land and sea borders are shut preparatory to elections. The frenzy takes a toll on businesses, foreign direct investment (FDI) plummets and the Stock exchange bottoms out. To give us an idea, the volume of shares traded on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) in January 2019 dropped by 42.38 per cent. Analysts attributed this to ‘’uncertainties surrounding the forthcoming general elections’’.

Monday 24 June 2019

Insecurity: 25,794 People Killed In Nigeria During Buhari's First Term - Report

No fewer than 25,794 people were killed in various attacks during the first term of President Muhammadu Buhari between May 2015 and May 2019, a report analysed by PREMIUM TIMES indicates.